Economics notes - Stock market index

Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJIA, Dow 30)
- consists of 30 of the largest and most widely held public companies in the United States.
- Companies included in the DJIA
- price-weighted


Nasdaq Composite
- indicator of the performance of stocks of technology companies and growth companies.
- all of the common stocks on NASDAQ market, over 3,000.


S&P 500
- containing the stocks of 500 Large-Cap corporations, most of which are American.
- market-value weighted
- List of S&P 500 companies